κατασφραγίζω
katasphragízō · G2696 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to seal, to put a seal on, to make secure
To use a seal to close or to make something secure
ExamplesRevelation 5:1 I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀνοίγω anoígō · G455 · to open, to make open, to regain one’s hearing
- Direct lexical opposite: to seal (close securely) vs. to open; standard antonymous pair in sealing/opening contexts throughout biblical and general Greek usage
In the other Testament 1 word
- חָתַם châtham · H2856 · to seal, to block, to close off
- Standard Hebrew verb for sealing with a signet, the natural translation equivalent for κατασφραγίζω in contexts of securing or authenticating by seal
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To seal, to put a seal on, to make secure6.55
- In Revelation 5:1, of the scroll in God's hand it is written, “I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals,” using this word for the act of sealing something closed.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : perfect passive participle κατεσφραγισμενος; "to cover with a seal (see κατά, III. 3),…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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